Battle of the Raz de Sein

|strength1=1 ship of the line

|strength1=1 ship of the line

|strength2=1 ship of the line

|strength2=1 ship of the line

|casualties1=90 killed and wounded

|casualties1=22 killed <br /> 60 wounded <br /> 8 missing

|casualties2=290 killed and wounded <br> 1 ship of the line captured

|casualties2=290 killed and wounded <br> 1 ship of the line captured

|campaignbox={{Campaignbox French Revolutionary Wars Naval Battles}}

|campaignbox={{Campaignbox French Revolutionary Wars Naval Battles}}

==Aftermath==

==Aftermath==

[[File:Death_of_Captain_Alexander_Hood_1798.jpg|thumb|left|''Death of Captain Alexander Hood, 1798'', by [[Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton]].]]

[[File:Death_of_Captain_Alexander_Hood_1798.jpg|thumb|''Death of Captain Alexander Hood, 1798'', by [[Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton]].]]

L'Héritier submitted his sword to Butterfield in surrender and it was presented to the dying Hood, who accepted it before expiring.<ref name="ODNB"/> At 22:50 ''Jason'' arrived and Stirling took charge of removing prisoners from ''Hercule'' and began the long process of extricating the two battered ships of the line from the dangerous ''Raz de Sein'' channel.<ref name="WJ110"/> Losses on the French ship were not accurately recorded in the aftermath of the action, but some accounts suggested they were as high as 400 although a more realistic estimate of 290 casualties was made by the surviving French officers.<ref name="WJ109"/> British losses amounted to three officers and 19 men killed, eight men missing (believed to have drowned after falling overboard resisting L'Héritier's boarding attempts<ref name="WLC337"/>) and another 60 wounded.<ref name="LG2">{{London Gazette|issue=15011|page=355|date=28 April 1798}}</ref> The weather was fortunately calm, as neither ''Mars'' nor ''Hercule'' were in a condition to survive a storm, and with great care ''Hercule'' was brought into [[Plymouth]] on 27 April and repairs were begun with the intention of restoring the ship to active service condition. The cost of these repairs totaled £12,500 (the equivalent of £{{Formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|12500|1798|r=-2}}|0}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK}}<ref name="WJ110"/> but HMS ''Hercule'' was ultimately commissioned into the Royal Navy and served until 1810.<ref name="RG101">Gardiner, p. 101</ref>

L'Héritier submitted his sword to Butterfield in surrender and it was presented to the dying Hood, who accepted it before expiring.<ref name="ODNB"/> At 22:50 ''Jason'' arrived and Stirling took charge of removing prisoners from ''Hercule'' and began the long process of extricating the two battered ships of the line from the dangerous ''Raz de Sein'' channel.<ref name="WJ110"/> Losses on the French ship were not accurately recorded in the aftermath of the action, but some accounts suggested they were as high as 400 although a more realistic estimate of 290 casualties was made by the surviving French officers.<ref name="WJ109"/> British losses amounted to three officers and 19 men killed, eight men missing (believed to have drowned after falling overboard resisting L'Héritier's boarding attempts<ref name="WLC337"/>) and another 60 wounded.<ref name="LG2">{{London Gazette|issue=15011|page=355|date=28 April 1798}}</ref> The weather was fortunately calm, as neither ''Mars'' nor ''Hercule'' were in a condition to survive a storm, and with great care ''Hercule'' was brought into [[Plymouth]] on 27 April and repairs were begun with the intention of restoring the ship to active service condition. The cost of these repairs totaled £12,500 (the equivalent of £{{Formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|12500|1798|r=-2}}|0}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK}}<ref name="WJ110"/> but HMS ''Hercule'' was ultimately commissioned into the Royal Navy and served until 1810.<ref name="RG101">Gardiner, p. 101</ref>